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Informationen zum Autor Matthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and Urban Design and Head of UCL's Bartlett School of Planning. He is an architect-planner with research interests that span the policy context for delivering better quality built environments. His books are The Design Dimension of Planning (1997)! Housing Design Quality (2001)! Delivering New Homes (2003)! and Measuring Quality in Planning (2004)! all published by Routledge! and Public Places Urban Spaces (2003)! and Urban Design Reader (2007).Claudio de Magalhães is Senior Lecturer at UCL's Bartlett School of Planning! and Director of the MSc Urban Regeneration. He is an architect-planner! with research interests focusing on the relationship between urban governance! urban design! public space and an increasingly globalised property market. He has published widely on these topics including his book Urban Governance! Institutional Capacity and Social Milieux (2002).Leo Hammond took his MPhil Town Planning at UCL's Bartlett School of Planning! following which he was appointed as Research Fellow. Subsequently he has worked as an urban designer in private practice and as a conservation officer at the London Borough of Camden. Klappentext Draws on three empirical projects to examine the questions of public space management on an international stage. This book sets them within a context of theoretical debates about public space! its history! and management approaches. Zusammenfassung This book draws on three empirical projects to examine the questions of public space management on an international stage. They are set within a context of theoretical debates about public space, its history, and new management approaches. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Conceptualising Public Space and its Management 1. The Use and Nature of Public Space 2. Public Space through History 3. Contemporary Debates and Public Space 4. A Typology of Management Approaches Part 2: Investigating Public Space Management 5. Three Studies, Three Related Research Approaches 6. One Country, Multiple Endemic Problems 7. One Country, Twelve Innovative Authorities 8. Eleven Countries, Eleven Innovative Cities 9. Eleven Innovative Cities, Many Ways Forward 10. Two World Cities, Three Iconic Spaces 11. Three Iconic Spaces, Two In-Depth Analyses 12. Debates, Problems and Possible Solutions ...
